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  • Title: Pencil is mightier than the sword!
    Author: Ramaswamy R, Dow G, Bassi S.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg; 2006; 42(3):168-70. PubMed ID: 16636619.
    Abstract:
    Penetrating injuries involving the spinal cord are not common. The incidence is, however, much higher in armed conflict. In a civilian population, gunshot wounds and stabbings account for the majority of such injuries. A pencil causing penetrating injury involving the spinal cord is very rare. We present the case of a young boy who accidentally suffered a penetrating injury involving the spinal cord from a pencil in his coat pocket.
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